During
my first life as a trumpet player, practice to me meant long tones,
lip slurs and exercises from my trusty Arban book. That and just playing,
lots of playing. Then one day I stopped, put my horn away and didn't
pick it up again for more than 35 years. By the time I started my
comeback the internet had arrived and so I did the obvious — I googled
and quickly discovered lip buzzing, mouthpiece buzzing, pedal tones,
the "characteristic studies" of Herbert L Clarke and a host of other
helpful and fascinating things. Without the internet I probably wouldn't
have made it through the first six months of my comeback.

The links listed on this page contain an incredible mass of trumpet
information, some of it useful, some of it interesting, a lot of it
conflicting. What works for me may not work for you but that's pretty
much true of everything in life.

how to be a better player

Jeanne Pocius A section of O.J.'s site devoted to Boston-based player
and teacher Jeanne Pocius. I learned about "elephant farts"
here and lots of other good stuff. I do her recommended warmup
every day.

trumpet
topics
A site about playing and practicing, from Bryan Goff, Professor
of Trumpet at Florida State University. Tips and exercises.

Monette
Dave Monette's trumpets are obscenely expensive and you have to
wait a year or more for delivery but lots of great players say
they're the best in the world.

New York trumpet
company
Sellers of custom trumpets, including Stage 1, Eclipse, Phaeton,
Taylor, Possegger, Spiri, Amrein, BSC, Stomvi, Fides and Weril.
I bought my Phaeton from them. They also sell used horns.

the Brass Bow music companyWayne
Tanabe's Chicago repair shop is the place to have your horn fixed,
cleaned and, if you're into it, cryogenically frozen to improve
resonance. They also sell their own line of highly acclaimed custom
trumpets under the name Chicago Brass Works (CBW).

Dillon music
New Jersey music store with large new and used trumpet selection
and all the accessories you'll ever need. Good place to find and
compare specs of the latest horns by Bach, Benge, Besson, Conn,
Getzen, Holton, Kanstul, King, Lawler, Schilke and Yamaha.